Before & After & Inbetween

07:33 pm - You need an itch?

Read about bedbugs in the Upper East Side, NY!

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08:28 pm - FM-PMS

current chapter word count: 2873
scenes worked on today: Kamui's drop-in & "You want this."
scenes completed? yes (discounting tinkering)
character remembering his education: Subaru
character airing the bed covers: Seishiro
character thinking that twisted: Kamui
surprisingly useful plot-item: the Korean truce of 1953
research of the day: the Korean war, definition of white flags
quote of the day: "I doubt Kamui would come to save you."

unrelated observation of today: the front gardens of Bannockburn, Scotland, contain more garden gnomes than the front gardens of Hildesheim, Germany. And I'm discounting the immured Snow White in this!

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Current Mood: amused

04:52 pm - FM-PMS

current chapter word count: 2661
scene worked on today: Kamui's drop-in
scene complete? no, but he finally made it through the garden door
character who fears he's becoming a sloth: Subaru
character not entirely innocent about that: Seishiro
character sitting among ferns: Kamui
because "Is *he* there?"

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Current Mood: annoyed

11:54 am - FM-PMS

current chapter word count: 2531
scenes worked on today: "the call", Kamui's drop-in
scenes complete? "the call", yes. Kamui's drop-in, not so much.
new scene structure: Subaru/Tree dreamtalk - Friday morning & "the call" - Kamui drop-in & "You want this." - {arrival at Clamp Campus including Seishiro/Suoh niceties & TSF+Kamui} - Subaru confers with Akechi & Ijyuin - "Be careful." - Camus [complete, incomplete, {missing}]
character getting an idea what to expect: Subaru
character straying through doors he wasn't expected to find: Kamui
character flat-out refusing to go through rush hour: Seishiro (and he still objects to house guests)
research of the day: X/1999 1 - 18 for Fuma/Kamui, TwinStar/Kamui, TwinStar/Seishiro, TwinStar/Subaru
quote of the day: 'Sakurazuka residence. Sumeragi speaking.'

unrelated side-note: it's so good to feel one's brain working again!!! :D

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Current Mood: energetic

10:55 am - The history of LOLcats...

( warning - HUGE image behind the cut )

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Current Mood: happy

05:42 pm - Social bookmarkings

As of now I'm again using www.delicious.com for social bookmarks (mostly fanfics and fanarts otherwise scattered in blogs and archive sites). Most of the interface quirks that made me stop using the service while it was still called "del.icio.us" are gone and it looks as if the effort/effect ratio is in favor of using it now. :)
If you're curious, the public (still unfinished, because I won't do full import!) list is at: http://delicious.com/akk_dw (not that you'll find anything there that countless other people haven't bookmarked as well. ;) )

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04:11 pm - Shoeformers - soon at a cinema near you!

Due to the financial crisis, the new Transformers / Mechatron movie had to make concessions to the more limited budget...

04:17 pm - Darryl Cunningham webcomic about the MMR vaccine controversy

Artist Darryl Cunningham made a 15 pages webcomic illuminating the MMR vaccine controversy that ultimately sparked countless measles outbreaks across the world. It is a strict and very readable summary of the whole, sordid affair.

The Facts In The Case Of Dr. Andrew Wakefield - a 15 pages webcomic by Darryl Cunningham

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Current Mood: cynical

02:21 am - FM-PMS

current chapter word count: 1962
growth achieved by collecting all the nice snippets intended for the epilogue that were written over the years and adapting the scene structure accordingly
new scene structure: Subaru/Tree dreamtalk - Friday morning & "the call" - arrival at Clamp Campus including Seishiro/Suoh niceties & TSF+Kamui - Subaru confers with Akechi & Ijyuin - "You want this." - "Be careful." - Camus
characters getting to be badassed for a change: Seishiro, TSF, (Suoh)
characters using the badassery to get their thing done: Nokoru, Subaru, (Kamui)
character going to need a triple whiskey spiked with tranquilizer after this: Nokoru (not that Suoh would allow him to get that)
quote of the day (1): "I wasn't the one with the intestines on the ground."
quote of the day (2): "You still owe me an icecream."

information: progress is very slow right now. Temperatures over here are currently about 20 degrees above my comfort zone. :(

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Current Mood: frickin' fried

04:06 pm - the book meme (again)

taken from jeldi.

The rules:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to the page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4-7 sentences to LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.

The result:

Cade stood calmly. The big man was an inert lump on the pavement outside. Her wail died away almost comically. There was only the sound of the broken glass falling out of its frame.
The receptionist huddled against the door.
"I'll call the police," she said, nearly shrieking.

08:21 pm - FM-PMS

start-up word count for Epilogue B - Family Matters: 1661
appearing characters: Seishiro, Subaru, Tree-san, Nokoru, Suoh, Akechi, Iyjuin, Kamui, TwinStarFuma (TSF from now on), and probably Yoshi, the cat.
pov characters set: Subaru, Seishiro
pov characters possible: Tree-san, Kamui, TSF, Akechi
scene structure as of now: Tree's dreamtalking with Subaru, "It's the age", Campus meeting: "How's the tummy?", Subaru & Akechi, Sei & Nokoru, "You want this.", TSF intercepts Sei, All-in-One, Su & Nokoru, Camus' Caligula.
scene worked on today: DreamTalk
scene completed? yes
character getting a crash course in dark onmyojutsu logic: Subaru
character who begs to differ: Tree-san (and it is smug about it!)
quote of the day: "I don't serve you!"

Unrelated side-note: I caught the movie "Farewell, my concubine" on tv a few weeks ago, and it's still hauntingly vivid on my mind. It's a rare event that a movie truly moves me like this one does. Sadly, it's already a fairly old one with no dvd available here. If you get the chance to watch it, do it, it's definitely worth your time (as a TBX fan and else).

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Current Mood: touched

04:12 pm - TB/X Fanfic: Family Matters - XX A

You can find TB/X Fanfic: Family Matters - XX A here on Dreamwidth.

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Current Mood: devious

05:36 pm - FM-PMS

Epilogue A was hauled off to solo today. Except for one tiny trouble scene, I'm pretty satisfied about the outcome, but don't expect fast results. Both of our schedules are pretty cramped right now.

quote of the day: "I've got the scar to prove it."

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02:08 pm - FM-PMS

current chapter word count: 4460
amount of chapter in continuous text: 100%
amount of chapter fit for editing: 33%
eta for editing: changed to next week
reason for that: frequent brain dead author days
but there were no unpleasant plot surprises (so far)!

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02:34 pm - GR Fanfic: Personal Protection

Fandom: Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
Story: Personal Protection
Characters: The S5
Rating: G
Edited by elbales (Thank you!)

( Personal Protection )
This story was written in... 200... 199... uhm... at least two new laptops ago. I guess that explains some of it. :-)

You can find all of my GR fanfics on my homepage and - increasingly - also on the AO3.

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12:36 pm - Angora-phobia anyone?

German Teen in Court for Drawing Rabbits on Blackboard

Reading this, I think we should worry a lot more than merely our country's measly results in the last PISA test. *shakes head*

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07:17 pm - FM-PMS

current chapter word count: 4411
chapter complete? yes, bar tinkering & possible ideas coming up while tinkering
while complete so suddenly? because I have the perfect transition to Epilogue B with the end of exorcism 2 and thus relocated the Tree bit to B.
ETA for editing: probably (end of) weekend (or later, see above)
character getting a lesson in spiritual risk assessment: Seishiro
character getting a reminder about the SKZM's business: Subaru
character happy to have preceded to the car: Omi
research of the day: not story related
quote of the day: "There were two ready recipients for the sakanagi."

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Current Mood: pleased

05:59 pm - My paper!

If you want to see what I write for a living, here's my latest research article (free abstract). You'll need a subscription (or access through a library or university network) for the full text. However, be warned: there's a distinct lack of talkative trees and explicit scenes in it! ;-)

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Current Mood: satisfied

01:44 pm - FM-PMS

current chapter word count: 4402
scene worked on today: exorcism 2
scene completed: mostly, there are a few rough spots & transitions left
character finally getting a (useful) profile of his own: Omi Tono
character being useful as an agens for events: Seishiro
character unexpectedly learning something about his house: Subaru
research of the day: Nagasaki, Urakami village exile
quote of the day: "I inherited too much of my mother's talent."


... and here's the tulip garden in a clickable thumbnail.

If you can't see the picture, you might have to add an exception for "http://s924.photobucket.com/albums/ad81/AKK_photos" to your adblocker.

Current Mood: crazy

07:20 pm - FM-PMS

current chapter word count: 4283
scene worked on: exorcism 2 (mostly)
issues resolved: how to do it, and Omi's uselessness
character now having a father from Nagasaki: Omi
character who's probably cursing light-sensitive eyes now: Seishiro
character who still can't save the dog: Subaru (but he's not pining about it)
research of the day: Roman catholic church in Japan and the Philippines, Saint Joseph (as saint), prayer therefore
quote of the day: "That wasn't hidden."

Unrelated side-note (1): tulip garden jigsaw puzzle of 5146 pieces finished! Maybe I post a photo tomorrow.

unrelated side-note (2): I truly enjoyed the Korean "feel-good" dorama "Personal Taste". I especially enjoyed that none of the characters was one-sided good or evil (except one of the secondary cast) and that they used a lot of the common "gay cliches" only to turn them upside-down with their characters, revealing the stereotypes for what they are. I really had fun watching this one. :-)

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